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Canon Inc Gaishi Kabushiki Kiyanon There is a piece of lead, around the world, the photo forum. The boundaries of the Japanese Buddhist Kannon, and mercy, the name of the goddess.Founded August 10, 1937, the first company to produce consectetur rhoncus chamber 35 mm focal plane, his bedroom window and, indirectly, the 10-Ray in 1970, the troops entered the territory of a ship in the forum by introducing the first Japanese paper made plain and the proliferation and development of goods, with the balance in the eighties, laser printers (LBP) and Bubble Jet (BJ), which, among many other things that add items to the timing of the products (in particularly those with print and visual).
Canon out of the business has started to open offices in New York and in 1955 the Office of European sales in 1968. As regards production, the 1970 institute is "Canon Inc., Taiwan, and little by little the organization created to develop and make the Bureau of Sales Americas, Europe and Asia.
The sum of the competing Canon Fujifilm, Nikon, Sony, Pentax, Konica Minolta, Leica, Olympus, Epson, Kodak, Hewlett-Packard and Xerox.
Brand known for decades as photography, Canon has won the leadership of 35 mm in the nineties, following the introduction of the EOS system in 1987.
Among the various records and records held by the company in the field of photography, the production, must be included, since 1961, the target for SLR brighter than ever, the Canon 50mm f/0.95.
Pioneered many technologies used today by other manufacturers, has been distinguished by some choices against, as the use of cameras in its range of CMOS sensors, with domestically produced equipment manufactured by us. This type of sensor, initially criticized by competitors, turned out to be the best choice, not only in reflex. It is now universally recognized features of low cost, high performance and low power consumption.
Other innovations such as Canon has become the protagonist, is the bayonet connection between the objective and all-digital SLR camera body (previously used electromechanical systems), the autofocus for digital cameras, the focus based on the position of the pupil, and more. Various manufacturers have also gradually introduced these technologies on their machines.
Canon sells digital cameras since 1984, starting with the RC-701. In 2003, introduces the first digital SLR economic Canon EOS 300D. It also has a wide range in the field of compact digital cameras, among the most successful product lines include the series and the PowerShot Digital IXUS series.